List of lakes of India

This is a list of notable lakes in India.^[1]

Lake Palace (Jag Niwas) in Lake Pichola, Udaipur, Rajasthan

Shikaras on Dal Lake, Jammu & Kashmir

Boats on Naini Lake, Kumaon

House boat on Vembanad Lake, Kerala

Baradari built by Shah Jahan on Anasagar Lake , Ajmer, Rajasthan

Sailing on the Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh, India

Spot-billed pelican at Pulicat Lake, Andhra Pradesh

Chandubi Lake, Assam

Ghora Katora Lake, Bihar

Pangong Lake , Ladakh

Thol Lake, Gujarat

Renuka Lake, Himachal Pradesh

The ghats of Pushkar Lake, Rajasthan

Suraj Tal, Himachal Pradesh

Manasbal Lake, Kashmir

Umiam Lake, Shillong, Meghalaya

Tsomoriri, Ladakh

Sumendu Lake, Mirik, West Bengal

Damdama Lake, Haryana

Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad, Telangana

A bird flying over Hesaraghatta Lake in Bangalore, Karnataka

Upper Lake (Bhopal), Madhya Pradesh

Loktak Lake, Manipur

Lesser Flamingos at Chilika Lake, Orissa

Gurudongmar Lake, Sikkim

Ropar Wetland, Punjab

Nakki Lake, Mount Abu, Rajasthan

Kodaikanal Lake, Tamil Nadu

Emerald Lake, Ooty, Tamil Nadu

Rabindra Sarobar, Kolkata, West Bengal

Shivasagar Lake, Maharashtra

Tsongmo Lake, Sikkim

Andhra Pradesh[]

Kolleru Lake
Kondakarla Ava
Cumbum
Pulicat Lake

Assam[]

Dora Beel
Urpad Beel
Samaguri Beel
Morikalang Beel
Haflong Lake
Sivasagar Lake
Joysagar Lake
Chandubi Lake
Rudrasagar Lake Sivasagar
Deepor Beel Bird Sanctuary
Son Beel
Maguri Motapung Beel
Silsako Lake
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Saron Beel

Bihar[]

Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctuary
Ghora Katora

Chandigarh[]

Sukhna Lake

Gujarat[]

Gopi Talav
Hamirsar Lake
Kankaria Lake
Nal Sarovar
Narayan Sarovar
Sardar Sarovar Dam
Thol Lake
Vastrapur Lake
Saputara Lake
Dharoi Dam
Damodar Kund
Hamirsar Lake
Shakoor Lake
Lakhota Lake

Haryana[]

Badkhal Lake
Blue Bird Lake
Brahma Sarovar
Damdama Lake
Karna Lake
Sannihit Sarovar
Surajkund
Tilyar Lake

Himachal Pradesh[]

Brighu Lake (4235m)
Chandra Tal (4300m)
Chander Naun (4260m)
Dashair (4270m)
Dehnasar Lake (4280m)
Dhankar Lake (4270m)
Ghadhasaru Lake (3470m)
Govind Sagar Lake
Kamrunag lake (3334m)
Kareri Lake (2934m)
Lama Dal (3960m)
Mahakali Lake (4080m)
Manimahesh Lake (4080m)
Nako Lake (3662m)
Pong Dam Lake
Prashar Lake (2730m)
Rewalsar Lake
Suraj Tal (4883m)

Jammu and Kashmir[]

Anchar Lake
Dal_Lake
Gadsar Lake
Gangabal Lake
Gil Sar
Kausar Nag
Khushal Sar
Manasbal Lake
Mansar Lake
Marsar Lake
Nandan Sar Lake
sheshnag Lake
Satsar Lake
Tarsar Lake
Tulian lake
Vishansar Lake
Wular Lake
Nigeen Lake

Ladakh[]

Tso Moriri
Tso Kar
Pangong Tso

Karnataka[]

Lakes in Bangalore
- Bellandur Lake
- Hebbal Lake
- Jaraganahalli Lake
- Lalbagh Lake
- Madiwala Lake
- Puttenahalli Lake (JP Nagar)
- Puttenahalli Lake (Yelahanka)
- sarakki lake
- Ulsoor Lake
- Varthur Lake
- Yelahanka lake

Mysore City lakes:
- Karanji lake
- Kukkarahalli lake
- Lingambudhi Lake
Lakes in Davanagere District
- Sulekere
Honnamana Kere
Pampa Sarovar

Kerala[]

Ashtamudi Lake
Kuttanad Lake
Maanaanchira, Kozhikode
Padinjarechira, Thrissur city
Paravur Kayal
Shasthamkotta lake
Vadakkechira, Thrissur city
Vanchikulam, Thrissur
Vellayani Lake
Vembanad Lake

Madhya Pradesh[]

Bhojtal
Lower Lake, Bhopal
Tawa Reservoir
Sagar Lake (Lakha Banjara Lake)

Maharashtra[]

Gorewada Lake
Khindsi Lake
Lonar Lake
Pashan Lake
Powai Lake
Rankala Lake
Salim Ali Lake
Shivasagar lake
Talao Pali
Futala Lake
Tansa Lake
Tulsi Lake
Upvan Lake
Venna Lake
Vihar Lake
Mastani Lake

Manipur[]

Loktak Lake
Pumlenpat
Ikop Pat
Loukoipat
Yaralpat
Laphupat
Shilempat
Keisampat (Extinct)
Porompat (Extinct)
Zaimeng Lake
Zeilad Lake

Meghalaya[]

Umiam Lake^[3]

Mizoram[]

Tam Dil

Odisha[]

Victoria Sagar Lake
Anshupa Lake
Chilka Lake
Kanjia Lake

Puducherry[]

Punjab[]

Harike Wetland
Kanjli Wetland
Ropar Wetland

Rajasthan[]

Balsamand lake
Dhebar Lake / Jaisamand Lake
Jal Mahal, Man Sagar lake
Kaylana Lake, Kolayat
Kaylana Lake
Loonkaransar
Nakki Lake
Pachpadra Lake
Pushkar Lake, Pushkar
Rajsamand Lake
Ramgarh Lake
Sambhar Salt Lake
Talwara Lake
Ummed Sagar Bandh

Ajmer[]

Udaipur[]

Fateh Sagar Lake
Pichola lake
Lake Badi
Swaroop Sagar Lake
Udaisagar Lake

Sikkim[]

Gurudongmar Lake (Highest lake of India)
Khecheopalri Lake
Lake Cholamu
Lake Tsongmo
Samiti Lake

Tamil Nadu[]

Adambakkam Lake
Coimbatore
- Singanallur Lake
- Ukkadam Lake Periyakulam Lake
Berijam Lake
Chembarambakkam Lake
Kaliveli Lake
Kodaikanal Lake
Ooty Lake
Perumal Eri
Red Hills Lake
Sholavaram Lake
Veeranam Lake

Telangana[]

Bhadrakali Lake
Durgam Cheruvu
Himayat Sagar
Hussain Sagar
Laknavaram Lake
Mir Alam Tank
Osman Sagar
Pakhal Lake
Saroornagar Lake
Shamirpet Lake
Waddepally Lake
Ameenpur Lake
Fox Sagar Lake

Uttar Pradesh[]

Gobind Vallabh Pant Sagar - largest man–made lake of India
Barua Sagar Tal
Belasagar Lake
Keetham Lake
Ramgarh Tal Lake
Bakhira Tal Lake
Moti Jheel
Surha Tal

Uttarakhand[]

Bhimtal Lake
Nainital Lake, situated in Nainital town at high attitude
Roopkund Lake, notable for three to six hundred skeletons at the lake's edge
Deoria Tal
Kedar Tal
suryadhar lake

West Bengal[]

East Calcutta Wetlands
Jore Pokhri
Mirik Lake
Rabindra Sarobar
Rasikbil
Santragachhi Lake
Senchal Lake

References[]

^ Reddy, M.S.; Char, N.V.V. (2004-10-04). "ANNEX 2 LIST OF LAKES". Management of Lakes in India (PDF). World Lakes Network. pp. 19–20.
^ "National wetland status for Son Beel". The Telegraph (Calcutta). December 10, 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
^ 8 magnificent lakes in North East India, Musicmalt.com

External links[]

Media related to Lakes of India at Wikimedia Commons

[Reddy-1] Reddy, M.S.; Char, N.V.V. (2004-10-04). "ANNEX 2 LIST OF LAKES". Management of Lakes in India (PDF). World Lakes Network. pp. 19–20.

[The_Telegraph_(Calcutta)_-_10Dec2008_-_National_wetland_status_for_Son_Beel-2] "National wetland status for Son Beel". The Telegraph (Calcutta). December 10, 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

[3] 8 magnificent lakes in North East India, Musicmalt.com

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